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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PACIFICA·NCES 062046002470
Vallemar Elementary
377 Reina del Mar Ave., Pacifica, CA 94044 · (650) 738-6655 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
78 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 71% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
59.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.3% | 32.0% | 20.2% | 18.5% |
| Math | 32.3% | 27.3% | 24.9% | 15.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 60.9% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 63.4% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 57.1% |
| 2020-21 | 62.1% | 58.2% |
| 2018-19 | 68.5% | 69.1% |
| 2017-18 | 69.8% | 71.1% |
| 2016-17 | 67.6% | 69.3% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 60.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Vallemar Elementary
Vallemar Elementary's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallemar Elementary this school | 500 | 15.6% | 58.9% |
| Rossmoor Elementary Los Alamitos | 540 | 18.0% | 78.5% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Redondo Beach | 547 | 13.5% | 75.9% |
| Arroyo Elementary Santa Ana | 585 | 14.5% | 78.2% |
| Sellers Elementary Glendora | 545 | 13.2% | 60.5% |
| Garden Road Elementary Poway | 508 | 19.9% | 59.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vallemar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #1,178 of 5,151 | #47 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,090 of 5,172 ▼ 112 | #49 of 96 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,238 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #45 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #1,788 of 5,116 | #27 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #2,433 of 5,915 | #21 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,724 of 5,352 | #79 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #503 of 5,354 | #20 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #5,290 of 5,625 | #71 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #3,543 of 3,837 | #72 of 79 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 23.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 500 | 20.9 | 24.0:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 21 | 23.3:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 20 | 25.8:1 | 17% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 20 | 26.7:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | N/A | N/A | 15% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 20 | 26.1:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 16 | 30.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vallemar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (515 to 500); teachers up 4% (20 to 20.9).
About Vallemar Elementary
The public elementary school Vallemar Elementary is located in Pacifica, California. The school's 500 students are in kindergarten through 8.
Vallemar Elementary is a school in Pacifica. The district has 7 schools and 2,640 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Vallemar Elementary. The largest is White students, at 40%. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, and 14% Asian. The White share in San Mateo County as a whole is similar, at about 38%. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 24.0:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. Among public schools in San Mateo County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Vallemar Elementary would score about 70.4%. It scores 58.9%, 11.5 points below that figure.
San Mateo County census figures show that the median household income is $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 176 public schools in San Mateo County, enrolling about 82,403 students in all.
The school nearest to Vallemar Elementary is Cabrillo Elementary, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.8%; Vallemar Elementary's is 58.9%, ranking 3rd of 7.
NCES assigns Vallemar Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 495 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 500.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pacifica
- Cabrillo ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Ingrid B. Lacy MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Ortega ElementaryElementary · 404 students
- Ocean Shore ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryElementary · 348 students
- Pacifica Independent Home StudyElementary · 12 students
Other schools in Pacifica
- Terra Nova HighHigh · 740 students
- Cabrillo ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Ingrid B. Lacy MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Oceana HighHigh · 471 students
- Ortega ElementaryElementary · 404 students
- Ocean Shore ElementaryElementary · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Cabrillo Elementary1.3 mi · 524
- Terra Nova High1.4 mi · 740
- Ingrid B. Lacy Middle1.7 mi · 484
- Oceana High1.7 mi · 471
- Portola Elementary1.8 mi · 378
- Pacifica Independent Home Study1.9 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About Vallemar ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Vallemar Elementary?
Vallemar Elementary enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Vallemar Elementary serve?
Vallemar Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Vallemar Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Vallemar Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Vallemar Elementary?
Student demographics at Vallemar Elementary are roughly 40% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Vallemar Elementary in?
Vallemar Elementary is part of Pacifica.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.